A lot ofDisneychild stars feel differently when they grow up and leave the House of Mouse.

For Selena Gomez, Disney has always been close to her career even as she has left it behind.

She is, by all accounts, an established star independent of her Disney roots.

a montage of Selena Gomez faces

Moana paddling her raft as she takes into the ocean and sings

Rapunzel swinging on her hair in Tangled with a white quotation box.

Selena Gomez I Said I Love You First cover art

Selena Gomez My Mind and Me, Gomez with blonde hair singing into mic

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